Haunted Asheville
Asheville is already the kind of place where you can grab an oat milk latte, have your pet’s aura read, and accidentally end up in a tuberculosis solarium before lunch. Naturally, it’s also haunted, so in honor of Halloween, here are a few of my favorite spooky spots around town… #1 The Times Bar & Coffee Shop Looking for a latte to go along with some haunted lore? Located in the historic S&W Cafeteria building, constructed in 1929, The Times Bar & Coffee Shop serves up more than delicious drinks; it also delivers a hefty dose of haunting. Years ago, one of the baristas, Ashley, told me about Prohibition-era remnants in the form of dumbwaiters and hidden tunnels in the basement level of this stunning Art Deco masterpiece. Admittedly, Ashley herself hadn’t seen any ghostly activity, but she told me about a man who was renovating the condos on the floors above the bar about ten years ago. He said he would hear ghastly, loud tumbling noises around 5 a.m. every day in the stair...
